er neck. The predatory gleam of his fangs was the
as steady as a metronome. The monomolecular blade in her right hand wa
kin, she would sever his central ner
didn'
pped from his chest, and he vi
nd sank his fangs dee
s uniform and into the flesh beneath. The scent of
. It bought him a precious moment of clarity. The feral red in
f of her, but the violent hormonal sur
ood. A flicker of genuine surprise crossed her face. She hadn't exp
he retracte
a bold
nds and placed them firmly
calm, soothing, and utterly non-
nds, was the final straw. It was the one thi
m. With a surge of raw, untame
AC
nto the wall, were ripped from their moorings. The
ir with a vicious hiss, smashing into t
stasia flinch. She mentally recalibrated her asses
crambled away from her as if he'd been burned,
his head. His wolf ears drooped, and his tail wrapped tight
voice was a broken, shredded whisper
lothes. She looked at the magnificent, powerful man cowering in
ored hi
rturned metal table, her e
s fingers. He fought back the storm in his head
n light flashed. A small, refrigerated safe clicked open,
ktail of pure, concentrated energy. This wasn't an inhibitor-i
violently. With a desperate shove, he sent
d and rushed. "Replenish your energy. The
the floor beside the open safe. He gasped for air,
. Blue's analysis flashed in her mind: High-purity biomass
such a primitive-looking world to have th
him, bit off the cap with a crisp snap, and tilted
aced a path down her pale throat. In the di
throat worked, a dry, hard swallow. He immediately slammed hi
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